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30th September 2021

The Nautilus Project set up a stall outside the ICC this week to raise awareness of Green Consumer Day, which is observed globally on September 28. Marine Biologist, Lewis Stagnetto, from TNP, was on hand to answer a variety of questions both children and parents had in relation to products and sea creatures. “We are...

29th September 2021

“We have been luckier than some countries in that we returned quicker…” – explained Sarah Payas Netball national team head coach as she spoke on how a two year wait to host the Europe Netball Open Challenge, with a pandemic in the way has had its positives and negatives. This Thursday Gibraltar sets out to...

29th September 2021

The Coroner’s Court on Wednesday heard differing accounts of events that unfolded on the tragic night when a Spanish man died at sea during a collision involving a Customs vessel. Alfredo Morodo Gutierrez, 42, of La Linea, died after he became trapped between HMC Searcher and the engine of his small rigid-hull inflatable boat during...

29th September 2021

It seems like a lifetime ago - the days when politicians met in person to discuss policy and promote their party. Like everything else Zoom took over for the past two years. Now party conference season in the UK, in person, is back. So much has changed and yet so little has changed. The Labour...

29th September 2021

The MoD Community Support Team (CST) organised a jam-packed four-week summer programme for those living on Four Corners and aged between 5 – 18 years. All the activities were designed to develop the youngsters sporting, social and outdoor pursuit skills as well as team building and solo skills. Around 60 boys and girls joined in...

29th September 2021

By Hannah Stephenson, PA Hannah Stephenson looks at the easiest indoor plants to keep on your desk, and how they can bolster wellbeing. So, returning to the office may take you away from the garden or balcony you have nurtured for the last 18 months – but you can always take some houseplants with you,...

29th September 2021

By Rod Minchin, PA There are calls for the cruise ship industry to be effectively regulated to minimise the serious risk it poses to human health. Cruise ships are a potential source of human health risks to passengers, staff and land-based residents who live near ports or work in shipyards, according to researchers. This includes...

28th September 2021

By Jane Kirby, PA Health Editor The UK Government could become the first in the world to reverse rising obesity levels by tackling stigma and tightening rules around food sales, a coalition of charities and medics has said. In a 10-year strategy, the Obesity Health Alliance set down its plan with a raft of measures,...

28th September 2021

With a levanter cloud looming over the Rock on a Thursday morning, a pack of around 20 macaques at Prince Phillip’s Arch were enjoying the cool morning breeze whilst tourists passing by admired the scene. However, such occasions which see the macaques behaving naturally are not always the case on the Rock. Veterinarian Mark Pizarro,...

28th September 2021

To mark World Alzheimer’s Month this September the Gibraltar Alzheimer’s and Dementia Society is raising awareness about the dementia and the need for a National Dementia Committee. The Society is holding a month-long campaign including events and the Chronicle has published articles weekly on Tuesday’s during the month of September, with the last in today’s...

27th September 2021

A Spanish man who died at sea during a suspected smuggling operation was “crushed” to death when he became trapped between a Customs vessel and his own just metres from Eastern beach, an inquest heard on Monday. A jury of nine was empanelled at the Coroner’s Court for an inquest to establish the circumstances of...

27th September 2021

By Prudence Wade, PA After months of slouching over her WFH desk, Prudence Wade pays a visit to osteopath Anisha Joshi. Imagine having to hold a five kilogram kettlebell all day – it would get pretty heavy and tiring, right? And yet that’s exactly what we’re constantly doing, because our head weighs a whopping 5kg....

27th September 2021

By Lisa Salmon, PA A parenting expert discusses new research highlighting the top concerns parents have – and what they can do to help. Lisa Salmon reports. Being a parent means you worry about your kids. Add in concerns about how social distancing and pandemic-enforced home schooling might have affected them, and parental fretting can...

27th September 2021

Sydney set to unveil freedom roadmap as more curbs eased Australian authorities announced plans on Monday to gradually reopen locked-down Sydney, unveiling a two-tiered system that will give citizens inoculated for Covid-19 more freedoms than the unvaccinated for several weeks. Movement restrictions the most populous state of New South Wales will be lifted gradually from...

27th September 2021

A collaborative initiative to create a technological knowledge centre straddling both sides of the border could act as a catalyst to establish this region as a hub for what the World Economic Forum has termed the 4th Industrial Revolution. The initiative, launched last week, seeks to bring together companies working in different areas of cutting-edge...

26th September 2021

This month marks World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, with the event providing Elderly Residential Services the opportunity to showcase the hard work in dementia care that is carried out throughout the year through events and awareness. Ensuring a good quality of life is a key part of the role within ERS which is supported by on-going...

24th September 2021

Our guest this week is the fitting recipient of the ‘Extra Mile Service Award’ presented to him in 2019 by the Gibraltar Rotary Club. He is a man who continues to work for the good of this community like he has done throughout his life. Someone, who will always go that extra mile. I first...

24th September 2021

By Michael Drummond, PA South East Correspondent If running 26.2 miles was not hard enough, two firefighters will be running the London Marathon inside a mini fire engine. They will be joined in the race by firefighters from across the UK, with some even tackling the challenge in full fire kit and carrying breathing equipment...

24th September 2021

By Martyn Landi, PA Technology Correspondent Apple fans queued outside the technology giant’s Regent Street store in central London to be among the first to get hold of the iPhone 13 as the new smartphone range went on sale in the UK. Unveiled last week, the four new iPhone 13 handsets all have improved battery...

23rd September 2021

Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, told the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday that his government was committed to creating “an area of social and economic prosperity” between Gibraltar and the Campo de Gibraltar based on the New Year’s Eve agreement. In a wide-ranging address, he updated the international community on the...

22nd September 2021

Brothers Fred and Richard Fairbrass, known globally as songwriters and band members of 90s group Right Said Fred, are asking people on the Rock to take part in a TikTok challenge to raise awareness for mental health. The brothers, who became famous 30 years ago with their hit single ‘I’m Too Sexy’, have recorded a...

22nd September 2021

A 30-year old Gibraltarian has been jailed for four years by a court in Ceuta for assisting in illegal immigration. The man, identified by Spanish authorities only by his initials K.A.M, was arrested last July three miles from Punta Almina in a small boat carrying 15 Moroccan migrants who were trying to cross the Strait...

21st September 2021

Ministry of Defence Guards in Gibraltar are taking selective industrial action over fears that changes in contracts for new entrants could create a two-tier workforce and lead to a larger workload and longer shift patterns. Since Monday, MOD Guards have been carrying out their duties in civilian clothes to signal concern about the terms of...

21st September 2021

A monochrome image of two men standing next to a graffitied wall has scooped the overall prize at this year’s Annual Competitive Exhibition organised by the Gibraltar Photographic Society. The image snapped by Caroline Abrines called ‘estado mental’ saw her receive the Harper trophy, named after long-time chairman of the Photographic Society Arturo Harper. She...

21st September 2021

By Laura Elston, PA Court Reporter The Duke of Edinburgh would get into trouble with the Queen for playing a practical joke on his grandchildren which involved squirting mustard on the ceiling, the Duke of Cambridge has revealed. William recalled Philip’s sense of fun in a BBC One documentary being screened on Wednesday which features...

21st September 2021

By David Hughes and Helen William, PA Shoppers will start noticing shortages within days as a result of the crisis in carbon dioxide (CO2) supply, a food industry chief has warned. The gas is used in food packaging and as a method of stunning animals prior to slaughter but supplies are running low. Spiralling energy...

20th September 2021

The Jewish community has recently celebrated Yom Kippur, holiest day of the year in Judaism, Rosh Hashana, and now Succot. To celebrate these festivities Levi J Attias has written a series of articles about these annual events, with today’s being the last on Succot. By Levi J Attias The festival of Succot, this year began...

20th September 2021

A Spanish carer who stole jewellery worth over £130,000 from an elderly woman and pawned it off for €7,000 was jailed for four years on Monday by the Supreme Court. The court heard Virginia Osuna Gil, 31, of La Linea, was employed as a domiciliary care worker at a local woman’s house between August 2019...

20th September 2021

Two-thirds of world leaders return to U.N. in person As the coronavirus still rages amid an inequitable vaccine rollout, only about a third of the 193 U.N. states are planning to again send videos. The United States tried to dissuade leaders from coming to New York in a bid to stop the U.N. General Assembly...

20th September 2021

By Vicky Shaw, PA Personal Finance Correspondent About one in five female pensioners is living in poverty, according to Age UK. Analysis by the charity found around 1.25 million women in this group are now living below the breadline. Single female pensioners are at much higher risk of being in poverty than single men and...